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Holiday Feasts for Take Out from Laguna Beach Restaurants
Can you believe Christmas Eve is just 10 days away? Fortunately, a number of Laguna Beach restaurants are ahead of the curve with a variety of take out/delivery options for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This article lists seven participating restaurants, but more...
Laguna Restaurants Shift Once Again to Take-Out Only
Take-out programs are back in play at all Laguna Beach restaurants. Recent Stay At Home orders went into effect on Sunday evening, Dec 6th at 10 p.m. It is expected to last at least three weeks. Along with sweeping closure changes, all restaurants are to cease outdoor...
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Wine & Painting Nights – Festival of Arts
Three longtime and popular artists – Mark Jacobucci, Mike Tauber and Anthony Salvo – are offering specific painting subjects on Saturday evenings. This is super cool (and non-intimidating fun), whether you choose to paint sunsets, donuts or the Monterey coastline....
Taste of Laguna for Thurs, Oct 3rd, 2019 – Tix Now on Sale
The Taste of Laguna Food & Music Festival combines two of our community's favorite events, The Chamber of Commerce's Taste of Laguna and KX 93.5's concert, into one mega evening for foodies and live music fans. This limited event will sell out, so get your...
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The Deck Beckons with Chef Rainer’s Impeccable Menu
When Chef Rainer Schwarz and his team took over as owners of The (then struggling) Deck in Spring 2013, everything changed for the better. And I mean everything. Extensive renovations took place in April and May, which included the creation of The Deck’s own kitchen...
Central Coastal Peruvian Makes Top 50 O.C. Restaurants List
Today's mail delivered this month's Modern Luxury magazine and, as I was hoping, it's all about Orange County's "50 Finest Restaurants." I hustled to my kitchen table and hastily tore through the pages. I figure Laguna Beach has more restaurants per square inch than a...
A New Chef de Cuisine Announced at Montage Laguna Beach
The Montage Laguna Beach announced yesterday that Chef Michael Campbell is the new Chef de Cuisine at The Loft restaurant. His extensive culinary experience in higher-level cuisine, coupled with a real love of Catalan-styled cuisine is sure to add significant and...
New Chef at Skyloft Turning up the “Haute”
The new Chef at Skyloft Restaurant - Chef Arthur Ortiz - can definitely throw down one of the meanest briskets around, but that’s not all he’s revamping and introducing in his new Skyloft kitchen. This man can seriously cook. Toronto native Chef Arthur Ortiz began his...
Driftwood Kitchen Offers Fresh Tastes in Summer Menu
There is likely only one treat finer than knowing Chef Rainer Schwarz of Driftwood Kitchen, and that’s a hearty taste of his new spring menu. A few evenings ago, I joined a group of food devotees at the special invite of Chef, and what a treat it was! This summer...
Best Mother’s Day Buffets and Dining in Laguna Beach
If you love your Mom, you need to treat her to Mother’s Day Brunch in Laguna Beach! (Where else would she want to be?) Here's my lineup from Chefs who have reported in to me so far . . . alphabetical, to be fair! I'll keep notifying in my Facebook page of added...
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Cat in the Hat Moves Into Laguna Beach
Tonight, the Cat in the Hat arrives in Laguna Beach, which can only mean a party is in store. This time, though, the Cat in the Hat isn’t leaving. Only the second if its kind in the United States, the Art of Dr. Seuss Gallery officially opens at 417 South Coast...
Chef Amar Santana in Bravo’s Top Chefs Season
At summer’s end when I finally caught Chef Amar Santana in his restaurant, I asked him where he’d been hiding all summer. He replied with a sly smile and a cheeky response, “You’ll find out soon enough.” On Monday, the whole world found out what Chef Amar...
Plein Air Invitational Begins This Saturday
This Saturday, Oct. 17th, 35 of the country’s top “plein air” (meaning “painting outdoors in natural light”) painters will descend on our lovely town for the Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational. I love the Laguna Beach Plein Air. This is a nine-day event, giving you...
Outstanding In the Field Will Set Its Laguna Table at Iconic Beach
The innovative founder of Outstanding in the Field, Jim Denevan, is returning to Laguna Beach in November. He’s partnering once again with the Laguna Art Museum to produce one of his iconic dinners at one very, very, very long table to kick off the Museum’s Art &...
October Arrives With Oom-Pah-Pah Oktoberfest Festivals This Weekend
This weekend, Laguna Beach is surrounded in Oktoberfest Festivals. Literally. Significantly different in nature, you’ll see large crowds at either of these popular returning events: Oktoberfest – Dana Point To our south, Dana Point will be hosting its annual...
Laguna Beach Beautification Council’s Gala is Going to Be a Beauty!
The Laguna Beach Beautification Council is at it again, this time with a celebration gala in the gorgeous gardens of one of Laguna’s most pristine estates. Set for Saturday, October 17th from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m., the LBBC Gala will be in full Italian Renaissance swing...
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